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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
THEPLATFORM BOILED DOWN.

The Republican platform is very
long, 30 that few Republicans will ever
read 1t through, and those who do read
1t will not know much about 1t even
then, 1t is SO wOrdy, so disjointeS, so
incoherent as to be almost beyond com
prehenslOn. The average Republican If
he reads Ii will bo more hOpelOSsly In
the dark as to Its meaning when he has
finished than when he began. We
therefore present 1t In a more con.
densed form and with Its true meaning
30 far as it can be said to have any, set
forth In such a way as to be cOmprehen-
DibIe:
Protective tariff,
Restricted immigration and Republi.
can control of the South.
The bloody shirt and Congressional
interference in elections.
Pull wool over peoples eyes.
Squander the treasury surplus and
take the tax off tobacco.
Public lands for actual settlers.
Office. holding the divine right OF
Republicans.
Tsffy to catch the Irisl vote.
Pensions for everybody.
Patent patents with a string.
Bully boy Foraker, with glass eye
and tin ear,
Bob Kennedy-lSS6-7-X.
More Dow laws.
Cheap transportation with but.
John Sherman nominated to the peo
pie; Blaine reserved for nomination II
the national convention Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

JULIAN r. MILLS, Ut Saranac, Mich,
has bump Of originality very highly
developed. He was arrested last week
on a charge Of drunkenness and COM
pslled to pay q fine, Naturally enough
his fiAncee broke off her engagement
with him. Instead Of suing the girl for
breach Of promise, Mills has brought
suit against the town for 800 600. He
claims that his srrest was unjuit, and
that the town authorities have slieDated
his betTothed's affections. The ease is
unprecedented In the legal records Of
Michigan, and its outcome will be
awaited with interest. II the young
man can nrCve that he WAS not drunk,
his fiancee will doubtless return to her
allegiar ca, in which case he certainly
would not be entitled to $4,000. If, on
the other hand, he was intoxicated, he
deserves neither the girl nor the none.
The chances seem to be very much
against his obtaining the damages.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

the following remarks made by this
able stalwArt:
Blaine is not bv any means as strong
as he was In 1880. Those who know
best, and people are getting to know
him pretty well, know that he is polit-
ical Jesuit, courteous In manner, cor
dial and plausible in speech, bat silent,
crafty and inscriptions 10 the promo
tion of his schemes; protesting open
friendship while stabOiBg secretly, keen
In his scent OF money, not particular as
TO the modes Of Its acquisition and Law
lsh In It's expenditure for his own pOlit-
ical advancement. Brslny and fertile
In resource, with an element Of mean
ness so sudaclOus that 1t does not
always provide against exposure. He
was GaTheld's evil genius, his detraCtOr
while living and his most eloquent
euiogist when dead. He involved his
administration In needless and distress
ing complications from the effects Of
which the country Is still suffering.
He used the power conferred by high
cAicial position to enforce his private
snimOsities and execute personal ven
geRnce. He encouraged his following
OF halfbreeds to strike down Secretary
F0lRer Tor being stBlwart, and there
by elected Cleveland Governor of New
York by majority of 100000, and put
1t In the power of the solid South to
obtain control of the executive Ct1ice.
He will never be forgiven In full for
this treachery and he never ought to be.
His nomination In '88 would simply
multiply the Mugwumps Of New Eng
land by ten and these would be rein
forced In every Northern State by better
Republicans than Blaine ever was. He
cannot carry New York, he couldn't
touch bottom In Indiana, and 1t is
doubtful even If he could again carry
Ohio. In short he is plumsd knight
who does his fighting with his jaw and
employs substitute to incur the risks
Of battle. We have carried him on our
shields too long, 1t Is time now to prod
him with our spears. The people have
had enough of him and his spotted
r6eOTd
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

COLUMBUS TIMES: One plank Of the
Republican platform says: "The settle
ments of the war must stand irrevoca-
BILE, respected, honored, and observed In
every part Of our Republic" One would
gather from this, that 1t feared that
slavery is about to be re.established. A
more meaningless piece Of tom fOolery
never crepu into a political platform.
OF course they must, they are and they
will be. When will these political SOL
diers find out that the war Is oveTp The
Toledo convention might with equal
propriety have resolved that the sun
be allowed to rise every morning and
set every evening "in all parts Of the
Republic" No one intended reversing
that order.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

CONSIDERABLE comment has been
caused at Toledo by the strange forget
fulness of Senator Sherman. The reader
will recall an incident of the 1880 Chi
cago convention, when Senator Sher-
man, Of Ohio, left that city without
paying bis hotel bill. Charley Foster
furnished the ducsts, and the clrcum-
stances afterward caused quite polit-
ical breeze in Ohio Republican circles.
Well, Uncle John repeated the dose in
Toledo last week. He left without pay.
ing his convention hotel bill, and un-
less he RENTS at once the amount will
be presented to the Citizens Committee.
This Is one of Johns old Jokes"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
PIesi PIlesl Pilesl

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment is
the only sure cure for Blind, Bleeding
or Itching Piles ever discovered. 1t
never fails to cure old chronic cases of
long standing.
Judge COOns, Msysville, KY, says:
"Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
cured me after years Of suffering"
Judge COfinbury, Cleveland, o., says:
II have found by experience that DR..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment gives
immediate and permanent relief"
We have hundreds Of such testi-
moniRls. Do not suffer an instant
longer. Sold by druggists at so cents
and 81 per box or mailed on receipt of
price, by the
WILLIAMS MFG CO., Cleveland, O.
For sale by Weber Bros, druggists,
19 Opera House Block, Canton.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
IN Iowa OenIus has inyented a ma

AN Iowa genius has invented ma
chine which will bore equare hole. 1t
is simply an oscillating head with chisel
edges and projecting lips, which cut
out the corners In advance Of the chisel.
The balance of the machine Is an almost
exact counterpart of the old.style bor-
ing machine. 1t will cut two by four
mortice in from four to five minutes,
and doing 1t with perfect accuracy,
that carpenter can not possibly COM
plete In less than half an hour. These
machines will soon be placed on the
mArkat
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

W. D. Hoyt & Co. wholesale and retail
druggists Of Rome. Ca, say: We have
been selling DR.. Kings New Discovery,
Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnics
Salve for four years. Have never hand
led remedies that sell as we'll OF give
such universal satisfaction. There have
been some wonderful cures effected by
these medicines In this city. Several
cases of pronounced consumption have
been entirely cured by few bottles Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken In con
neetiOn with Electric Bltters. We guar
antee them slwGys. Sold by Durbin,
Wright s. Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
Diphtherla.

lam living In a neighborhood sur
rounded with Dlphtheria and was at
tackled with liberated Sore Throat. l
at once commenced to use Darby's
Prophylactic Fluid, diluted about one
half, as q gargle, when great clots of
hard membrane and mucous came from
my throat, and the attack passed off. l
am satisfied of its efficacy as a prevent
i've and cure for Diphtheria. w. p.
WOODWARD, FrankfOrd, Pa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
uon voor, mat N. Rannblicon mart,

FOR years past the Republican party
has resolved In favor Of tariff reform,
but steadily resisted every movement
that would scale down the advantages
Of their friends, the monopolists. to
like levsl with the rest OF
cur people. In this some professed
have given them aid and
en- encouragement. This year Ohio strikes
out with old fashioned Democracy and
makes the issue sharp and definite.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
Mari age and Health.

PlttahuTg, Pa. Nov 8 h 1S 8 Mrs. 1yiia e.
Pinkham; "As Is frequently III" case with mothers
who have reared large families have tiled the skill
of a number or physicians. aud the virtue or many
medic mes without relief, 40 rs an experiment, CON-
clndtd to try yours am not seeker after nOtOriey
but want TO ell you mat have bBen wonderfully
benefited by your medicine. ] am now using my
four bntte and II would take hut little argument
persuade me that my health Is FULLY RESTORED.
should Ike to widely circulate the fact OF IT'S vOnder
fol cnra i've powers. PHBBA u ROoP."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

THE New York Worlds famous bal
loon, which left st. Louis few weeks
ago and made o QuiSk and successful
voyage to New York by rail, Is recruit
ing its wasted energies at Wins.e ],
Conn.,, preparatory to another flight.
The next achievement may be y great
balloon voyage ACROSS the Atlantic on
board o Cunard0r.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
jul7.Lm. .w&d. cod
"A Novel Bet.

While am nnt betting man, said F. j. Cheney Of
the firm ot It. J, Cheney & Co., considered 1t my 40
R!Ous duty to make that fellow bet ynO zee he WIS
bout DEAD aud gu he would II died before Spring
II l had not OF got him on the bet. You know some
men had rather Loose their life than loose hundrer
we'll he was one Of that kin, and bOh came near
being out, but saved my hundred and 1t only cost
him ian dollars. H0w's tna? He sent for me da,
and said the doctors had all given him up 10 die with
ths Gatairh. told him that would bet him $IGO
hat Hal's CatarIh cure would re him or l would
give hin 800 II 1t failed He took the latter prOpOs
ton, This three months ago. yOn see how hp
looks now, don't you. as well as any one, and dandy
-LeMERICAN TJ.edO o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
For Weak Women.

Mrs. LYDIA Il. PinRham, Lynn, Mass: "AhOut the
frs Of ~ep ember 1881 my wife AIKEN with uier-
inc hemorTnaRe The best stIp les he phylici,n could
presci be did NOT CHI ok II and she got more and mora
pnfN BILE She WAS troubled with PrOlapsus i''eri
Leu orrl Oei nunIhness Of the limbs scRn IS II the
81 mach aud So n appetite. purchaser tTla not.
tlA VI your Veg"tabl OOmnOunr. SHRst ID SHE COULD
DISCOVER A sALUTARY fFFsCr FROM THR FIR4r DusE.
Now she IS comparatively tres from the PrOapsus,
Stomarh's sickness, &c. The hemoTrhaRe IS Va y
much better ana IL IS at the regular periOnS. Her
anp-tlth Is restored, ad her general health and
streNRth are much imnroved. We feel that we have
b en- WONDERFUL LY DBNRPI rTBD and our hrarts are
drawn out In gratitud- for the aud sympathy
other suf rers or whnse sAsCs allow our names
to be usCd' q. W. L NFON, ThurstOn NY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

Mr.. Frank L. Cox, Foreman of Herald
and Times, Grouvern0r. NY, writes: 81
sprained my onkle very badly and suf-
fered intense pain. One bottle of St.
Jacobs OIL cured the sprains and reduced
the swelling"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

ACoUNTRY exchange remarks: Base
ball is occupying the daily papers at.
tentiSn to such an extent that 1t Is not
known whether any attention will be
paid the political campaign or not"
Base ball men should be placed on the
tiakafa
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

The druggists report good sales Of,
and wonderful success from Paimer's
Skin-Success and skin.Sucess SOAP
Twin marvels of healing"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
Saturday, the goth day Of August, 1887
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby siyen that the undersigned has this
day filed In the Probate Court of Stark county bio
his petition, praying for order author zng him to
SELL or otherwise dispose or the following claims, be
lOng to the estate vt UTlan Harper, deceasGb winch
acGruei In he lifetime OF said decedent. and which
hlY5 DCCOme de- pc are, 60 wit:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

GEN. JOHN beatty doesn't appear to
love Mr.. Blaine, and as evidence Of har-
mOny In the Republican Party, we give
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11

contains about 80 acres Ot gocd timber, principally
oak, On said farm Is an excellent house and bank
barn two summer houses dry house wagon shed, bug.
Ky sned lnremput house, hog pen, aud other out
buildings Ordinari found on we'll arranged farm.
Two good wells and railing spring OF water
on the D. enses TO which the cattle have access.
good orchard and Abundance OF small fruit such as
pears peaches, plums, grapes, &c.
The buildings and fences In better than ordinary
repair. And persons .trmplatlnR purchasing good
farm where everything Il In rstclas shape and COndi.
ton are invited TO examine saiu premises.
Price, Sl7 500. on reasonable payments.
For further particulars address
H. W. HOSsLER,
jar 27-tf Canton, Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
ESS DIRECTORY.

JOHN @. GTvIN, J. o. .. RoTKR.
aTvIN & YDYER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW-Ofhch over First Natl Bank,
Eagle Block Oantnn Ohio, Counsel In both German
and English. SuR2l'bo-udAT
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02
FORGIVE AND FORGET.

Forgive and forget, no matter who wronged you,
Or injured with malice, envy, or threat;
Don't stop to think over the trials that thronged
you;
Look forward and seek all past ills to forget.
Forgive and forget; your hopes may be blighted.
And friendship you trusted would all else
outlive
May sadly have failed you but. though you are
sighted
BY those you held truest, and dearest forgive
Forgive and forget; your heart may be weary
With burdens, your eyelids with tears may be
Though others unkindness makes all your life
dreary,
Oh! freely forgive them, and try to forget
Forgive and forget while sadly you wander,
Disheartened. discouraged, nor stop to regret
All your troubles. but look to that fair country
yonder
Where Christ all your sins will forgive and
forget. Selected
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02
Selected for The Mirror.
Sense and Nonsense.

Selected for The Mirror.
Sense and Nonsense.
Unless the causes are removed. the bad
moods of one day are apt to follow lis into
the next.
A young man is far on the road to
evil, when he loses faith in woman. Dur
ing the formative period of character, she
is the most potent in making or marring
him.
Only the true and brave have absolute
faith in others.
We only know ourselves, what we really
are, when the force Of circumstances brings
us out.
My young friend, don't fly higher than
you can rOOSt.
Self-made men are apt to worship their
maker.
Repeated kindness softens the hardest
hearts.
What is whisky but the devil in solution.
In Siam they have a curious way of de-
Gliding lawsuits. Both parties are put
under cold water, and the one staying long
est wins the suit. In this country both
parties are got into hot water, and then
kept their as long as possible. The result
is about the same.
The three most difficult things are to
keep secret. to forgive an injury, and to
make good use Of ones leisure time.
Do noble things--not dream them Ill day
long.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02
Five. Gents.

when continued to greater lengths than
theil spirit or health is capable OF with
standing. then it is worthless as a mea-
sure for good and can only work evil. The
wearing anxiety will either induce imDecil-
ity or create feelings of hatred for all law
and order. and desire for revenge on
society that dealt so unjustly with an offend
er who believes that a shorter sentence
would have convinced him Of his mistake
quite as readily as the rendering of his life
useless and aimlesS by the sacrificing of the
greater part of it to a life of punishment.
which ceases to become wholesome by rea-
son of long continuance. l think if the
Judge and powers that be were convinced
that this is invariably the case they would
not be so prone to severity in the admins
tration of Justice" and in all cases give a
fellow show" as the chances are just
as much in favor of his becoming a good
citizen with a short term as they are of his
becoming very bad one with a long term;
and it is rarely the case that he is otherwise
than bad, or an idiot. after serving long
term. f. NJ.
Oct. 30, 1887.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02
PRISON FUCKERS.
BY PICKLES..

Lady Visitor: ''What brought you to this
dreadful place, young man?"
Convict: "a train of circumstances-and
the sheriff, madam"
It's the prison butcher who makes both
ends meat-in the sausage.
When the convict ''enters' in the race
against time" his ''pedigree'' is taken;
the guards are the appointed Judges" and
the warden is the ''time keeper" If he
makes good time.'' he will the sooner
reach the home stretch and leave with a
good record"
When is the prison docter like a sheriff?
When he has a felOn to treat.
The clock in the cellar" made a ''short
stop" the other day that would have done
credit to professional ball player. When
the Office push asked what was the
matter with it. one OF the ICON. clerks
suggested that it was 'stuck"-on the wall.
He was docked ration of tobacco.
Capt. Taylor is very popular. and as an
usher he's ''rusher." But he doesn't
''rush the growler."
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02
For The Mirror.

TOT lie MlTTOr.
The Relation Of Liquor to Crime.
The statement is often made that liquor
is the cause of so per cent of the crime that
is committed. The friends of strong drink.
of course. deny this. and say. truthfully
perhaps, that there is nothing of a criminal
nature in the act Of taking a drink. They
say also that there are great many honest,
upright men that take their ''allowance'
regularly.
We cannot assert that the indulgence in
strong drink, considered in the abstract, is
crime. 1t remains for us to try and dis
cover the part which liquor undoubtedly
does occupy, both in the formation of the
criminal. and his subsequent career. Many
criminals assert after their arrest. that, had
they not been drunk, they would not
have committed the offence. This state
ment, believe, in the majority of cases,
to be absolutely false. 1t may be true in a
few instances when the crime was commit
ted in the heat of drunken frenzy. But
the majority of crimes are carefully planned.
and the attempt made by persons whose
minds are clear and whose instincts are
sharpened by the dangers which menace
them. There are doubtless some who need
the false courage which liquor gives man.
but in instances of this nature. the man
gets drunk with this definite object in view.
It is necessary for every one to earn livli-
hood. The chief object aimed at by every
one is gain. Why is it that this common
necessity should lead some men to commit
crime and others to obtain the same result
by honest labor? A criminal never commits
a crime for the sake of committing it. He
needs money and he uses dishonest means
to obtain it. The habit OF drink draws
from mans resources in several ways
1t costs money without the return of food
or raiment. and lessons his capacity of
earning 1t. 1t absorbs his time as we'll as
money. So the tendency of drink is to
lessen in a marked degree. persons in
come.
II a man frequentS saloon a great door
is at once opened through which his money
will disappear. almost without his knowl-
edge. No one will deny that the habit OF
drink has its subtle destinations, and if a
young man once acquires this habit, it will
slowly but surely blunt his keener sensi-
blites of honesty. He soon begins to
shake dice play cards for drinks. and final
ly for money. There is no Surer way 70
draw man into financial straits than drink.
And when a man is actually in want is the
time that his BAD angel becomes his con-
trolling spirit and the first actual criminal
step takes place. grant that to commit a
crime of any character that the man must
necessarily be lacking the moral strength to
resist temptation. IT he is morally weak.
it is claimed that he would commit crime
whether he was a drinking man or not.
This is not necessarily true. Why? Be-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02

Choice is the supreme prerogativc OF the
moral creation as distinguished from the
material. and a mighty prerogative it is.
The hughest orb in space cannot choose to
lOiter all instant in it's swift rush. or to
swerve hairs breadth from it's orbit, but
the little babe that has just learned to say
mamma can overthrow the throne of God in
his own little bOsom.-George P. Board
man.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-11-02

The Minneapolis Tribune is down on the little
PRISON MIRROR. and thinks that it ought to be
suppressed. While THE MIRROR has its fanlts
and is undoubtedly run by men not as good as the
average freeman it has never made as bad a bteak
as the Tribune did last week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04
ANOTHER CAN lDIAN VIEW.
Canada Sure to get Little the Worst of
the Bargain,

TORONTO, Jan. 21.-The Mail today
says; 1t is unfortunate for Canadian in.
terests that general election should be in
progress at the time when our American
neighbors are legislating against us. 1t is
true the bellicose speeches delivered in
the United States Senate the other day
need not be taken seriously. Neverthe-
less il is abundantly evident from the bet
ter class of American journals that our
neigbbors are determined to adopt "a
spirited foreign policy" in plain English
to steal our fish and to punish us if we at
tempt to prevent them. England is the
party with which the Americans have to
deal, but the foreign office in Lon.
don is largely influenced by the CO
lonlal office, which in turn receives it's
inspiration from Ottawa. 1t is piece of
bad luck, therefore, that at such a critical
1uncture our ministers should be occupied
in election matters and that IN the mari
time provinces politicians on both sides
should be making speeches on the fishing
question which may prejudice or embarass
the government in the delicate negOtia-
tons now in progress 1t is no use blink
ing at the fact that Canada is ut a grave
disadvantage in this controv ersy. On the
one hand Americans of the Ingalls,
and Riddleberger stamp refuse us a fair
hearing simply because we are Brit
ish, on the other hand our government
must abide by the terms which the i'm
perlal authorities may be driven to &C
cept in their own interest wholly irrespec-
tive of the merits of our case.
we suffer from American prejudice
against England and from England's I'M
Willingness and inability to make our
case her own, and betwiXt the two il will
be miracle If we are not shorn. The
foreign office will make a show of protect
ing our rights, but the capital considera-
ton with Lord Salisbury will be not the
Justice of our cause so much as the neces-
slty Tor maintaining cordial relations with
the United States. 1t may be taken for
granted, then, that whatever form a set
Element with the United States may take,
we are sure to get little the worst of the
bargain